With four working weeks in February this year, it didn’t seem as short a month as usual and with communication being a recurring theme through many stories in the property industry press this month,...

Two guidance notes for agents regarding fees have been issued by the Property Redress Scheme. The PRS revealed last month that the most common grievance made against agent members involved unfair or excessive fees...

The National Association of Estate Agents (NAEA) and Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) launched the manifesto today at the third consecutive NAEA Conference. Having met professionals, politicians, experts and campaigners across the UK...

The Association of Residential Letting Agents (ARLA) has reported that 27% of its licensed members saw an increase in the cost of monthly rents from December 2014 to January 2015. The region with the...

A new survey shows that new landlords tend to have the greatest success in letting out their properties in the student sector. The data gathered by accommodation website, accommodationforstudents.com, shows that for the 2014/2015 academic...

Imagine a system that helped your tenants to fix simple problems themselves, gave you all of the information you needed whenever a repair was requested and full records to protect your business: That system...

Some prospective tenants with foreign accents are being rejected according to feedback from the Immigration Act “right to rent” pilot scheme which was launched in the midlands during December. The scheme by the Joint...